METU - SMART CAMPUS PROJECT

Kick-off Meeting

17/10/2018

Ozan Keysan

http://keysan.me

keysan@metu.edu.tr

http:// www.metu.edu.tr

“Together, we can change the world”

Ankara

Ulus, 1939

Ankara

Kavaklıdere, 1942

METU, Early Days

METU

• 26,500 students
• 1,250 full-time faculty members
• 5 Faculties offering �42 undergraduate degree programs
• 5 Institutes offering �99 Masters and 62 Ph.D. programs
• 24 Interdisciplinary Research Centers
• The first and the largest University Technopark

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METU, Ankara Campus

POPULATION

• Total number of students: 26.500
• 7000 people living in the campus
• +5500 employees in METU Technopark

BUILDINGS

• 14 dormitories
• 650 flat/house for academic personnel
• 320 R&D Companies
• Restaurants, Cafes, Supermarkets, Banks
• Health-care Center

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USTDA Project

• Call for proposals: September 2016
• METU shortlisted for full application November 2016
• METU was awarded with funding June 2017
• Official grant ceremony September 2017
• Call for proposals December 2017
• Willdan’s proposal is selected for TA February 2018
• Kick-off meeting October 2018
• Project Completion October 2019

METU Committee Members

Dr. Yasemin Yardımcı Çetin

Grad. School of Informatics

(ICT/Buildings)

Dr. Ozan Keysan

Electrical -Electronics Eng.

(Energy)

Dr. Şeyda Ertekin

Dept. of Computer Eng.

(ICT/Energy)

Dr. Murat Göl

Electrical-Electronics Eng.

(Energy)

Dr. Hediye Tüydeş Yaman

Dept. of Civil Eng.

(Transportation)

Willdan Consortium

Intelligent transportation

Campus security program that relies on monitoring and control systems

Willdan Consortium

Intelligent transportation

Overview of Work Packages (iEAST)

Energy Current Status

• 34.5 kV Ring System
• 34 x ~1.25 MVA distribution transformers
• 45.000 MWh/year
• 75 kW Solar Panels
• Heating: 11M m³ gas/year

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Energy Vision

• A More Sufficient Campus
• Photovoltaics (Rooftop, Car Parks)
• Combined Heat and Power
• Energy Storage
• A More Efficient Campus
• Real-time control
• Smart LED Lighting
• Demand-side management
• Independent Campus
• Micro-grid

Transportation Current Status

• Free Shuttle Buses
• http://ring.metu.edu.tr
• http://tim.metu.edu.tr/ring-services
• RFID Car Tags
• Segregated Parking Spaces
• 4 Entrance Gates
• 1 Smart Junction
• 2 Metro stations

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Transportation Vision

• Smart
• Parking space management
• Reduced congestion
• Detection of violations
• Sustainable
• Electric shuttle buses
• Electric car fleet
• Charging stations
• Car-sharing
• Improved public transportation
• Bike network

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Water Current Status

• Supplied from 3 wells in the Eymir lake
• 50 km potable water pipe, 23 km wastewater
• Also connected to city water grid
• 1.2M m³/year, ~4000m³/day
• 130 lt/day pp for dormitories
• 2000m³ water tank at Oran
• A few smart meters
• 1 water treatment center

Water Vision

• Sustainable
• Reservation of water resources
• Waste Water Treatment
• Storm water & Gray water storage
• Environmental monitoring
• Efficient
• Smart Meters
• Leak Detection
• Water Saving campaigns
• Efficient Pumping
• Healthy
• Real time water quality control

ICT Current Status

• METU introduced internet in Turkey (1993)
• .tr domain registers ( https://nic.tr/ )
• Wide wifi coverage (1018 ap)
• Fiber backbone
• 4 Gbps connection
• 160 servers
• RFID Card Payments
• Mobile METU App
• GIS
• http://map.metu.edu.tr

ICT Vision

• Data Collection
• SCADA Systems
• Smart Meters
• GIS tools
• Decision Support Systems
• Processing & Analytics
• Dashboards, control rooms
• Centralized management
• Smart Citizens
• %85 is 18-25 years old
• Utilize generation Z

METU Smart Campus Impact

• A smart city with all aspects
• Light-house Project for Turkey market
• A perfect demonstration area of different technologies
• Environmental, financial, social benefits
• Reduce the cost of running services
• Will be a leverage for smart city market in Turkey and have local connections through Technopark

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Thanks